Russia, possible sole venue for Euro-2020

The possibility that the Eurocup of 2020, postponed to the summer of 2021 due to the outbreak of the pandemic, is disputed in a single campus it grows over time. Initially scheduled to be played in 12 venues throughout the continent, UEFA already announced several weeks ago that it was not ruling out modify the plan and reduce the scenarios. Without ruling out organizing the tournament, scheduled for summer 2021, in a single country.

And it is in this framework that the option that Russia be the one that hosts the tournament of nations wins whole. According to Le Parisien, the UEFA headquarters received the offering of the authorities of that country, whose infrastructures are ready after having hosted in 2018 the last edition of the world.

However, and according to the same sources, the data on the impact of the pandemic in Russia, questioned by international health authorities, they play against the interests of the country chaired by Vladimir Putin.

In any case, UEFA has the Russian offer on the table and does not rule it out, far from it. The Eurocup It will be disputed between the second fortnight of next June and the first of July, if the evolution of the pandemic allows it.